All Creatures Nice and Small star Rachel Shenton has welcomed her first baby with husband, actor Chris Overton. However the child boy’s arrival didn’t come and not using a little drama because the tot arrived sooner than anticipated.
The 37-year-old actress shared the information on Instagram on Saturday (April 19), writing, “On the 09.04.2025 my dream got here true….Welcome to the world Orson Wilde Overton….Our hearts are yours” alongside a black and white photograph of the tot’s ft.
She added, “The largest thanks to the good midwives and docs at Royal Stoke maternity Unit. Orson got here alongside sooner than anticipated…so we wanted to remain in hospital for some time and we couldn’t have wished for higher care and assist ❤️”
Followers, buddies, and celebrities jumped into the feedback to share their nicely needs, together with Rivals star Emily Atack, who wrote, “Completely bloody good information xxx.”
“Congratulations ❤❤❤❤,” added EastEnders actress Louisa Lytton.
“Congratulations to you each. What thrilling adventures forward!” stated one other.
Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Photographs
One other wrote, “How great! Congratulations to you each.”
“I’m SO glad for you, over the moon in truth. That is one of the best information ever. Get pleasure from the brand new born bubble. I’m sending you all a lot love,” added one other.
Shenton and Overton met in 2010 and obtained married in 2018. They received an Oscar in 2018 for his or her brief movie The Silent Youngster, which follows a 6-year-old deaf woman who lives a silent life earlier than a social employee, performed by Shenton, teaches her how you can talk by means of signal language. Shenton wrote the brief, and Overton served as director.
Shenton rose to fame on the British cleaning soap opera Hollyoaks earlier than touchdown a task within the ABC Household drama Switched at Start, by which she performed Lily Summers throughout 19 episodes. She joined All Creatures Nice and Small in 2020, enjoying Helen Alderson (later Helen Herriot), and has appeared in all 5 seasons.
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